Walter Scott Prize longlist made public for first time
This year’s longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been revealed, the first time in the prize’s history that the longlist has…
5 Questions for Deborah Emin about Amazon and publishing
This is a guest interview with Deborah Emin. Deborah began Sullivan Street Press as a way to change the publishing paradigm. An advocate also for…
How to create a catalogue automatically using ONIX and InDesign
This is a guest post from Emma Barnes. Emma is co-founder of General Products, and indie publisher Snowbooks. General Products is the company behind FutureBook-award-winning…
Quarto buys The Ivy Press
Yesterday The Quarto group announced the acquisition of Ivy Press for £1.3m, as well as taking on £200,000 of debt. The Quarto Group is the…
One Big Book Launch for writers
This is a guest post by Simon Fairbanks. Simon’s first novel, The Sheriff, was released in March 2014. The following month, The Sheriff was chosen to participate…
Spanish start-up interview: SeeBook
SeeBook is a new publishing start-up that enables e-books to be sold in brick-and-mortar stores, given away as gifts or signed by the author. Rosa…
BookMachine Week is underway, Twitter chat on Friday
You there! What week is it? No, silly little Dickensian orphan, Christmas was two months ago, this is BookMachine week. Between Monday 23 and Friday…
The Content Graveyard: How Much is Too Much?
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
On Reading for an Agency
Norah Myers is known on BookMachine for her blog posts about being an Editorial Assistant. This week she is back with some advice on Reading…
The impact of Instagrammed selfies on publishing
In the run up to BookMachine Week (23 – 27th February), we have been thinking about images and publishing. On a typical day you probably…
Newly discovered Dr. Seuss book to be published in July
In what has already been quite the month for new books from authors most thought we’d never hear from again, Random House has revealed that…
3 Questions every Commissioning Editor should ask
This is a guest post from Melody Dawes. Melody has over 15 years of education publishing experience. She has a successful background in content acquisition…
10 tips for better book designs
This is a guest post from Thomas Bohm. Thomas studied graphic communication, and now works for book publishers and businesses, whilst running User Design, Illustration…
An interview with Tim Pilcher ahead of BookMachine Brighton
This is a guest interview with Tim Pilcher. Tim has spent over 25 years working in comics and publishing at DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, Comics International,…
On being an Editorial Assistant [part 2]
Last week we interviewed Norah Myers on being an Editorial Assistant. This week she is back with some advice. Norah studied publishing in London at…
